But I'm not writing about poontang. I'm writing about that next week!Seriously though, I'm not. I'm writing about POUTINE. Poutine is a food that I heard about from my roomies (FANSTA GANGSTA IN DA HOUSE, WHATTTTTTTTTT) when they were travelling to Montreal in the spring. It's a regional food in Canada. You might recall that I went to Montreal last fall...but I didn't have any while I was there, and furthermore I hadn't even heard of it. I guess I am not the hip link in our chain.
They were excited to try it before they left, and when they came back they had nothing but good things to say about the dish.
I am no follower, but because my roomates said they liked something, and I have no opinions of my own, I thought 'I have to try this Poutine stuff!'. Then I asked Jamie and Shane if I could, and they said 'yes'.
Flash forward to September when Jason and I went to Toronto for the weekend. Among the foods on our list to try, Poutine was towards the top (Jason might not have known that, but that doesn't make it any less true for me). Finally, one night, we went into a burger place ('craft' burger. REALLY GOOD. unfortunately, any relation between 'craft burger' in Canada and the American hottie Tom Colicchio has yet to be proved) that had Poutine on the menu. I WAS SO EXCITED!They say when you meet 'the one' you just know. Time stops. Your priorities change. Life becomes clear. And all of those things happened for me when I took that first bite of Poutine.
Since that fateful night, life has been a rollercoaster and for me, there's no turning back.
Things I like about Poutine
1) French Fries. The main ingredient of Poutine. I'm slightly obsessed w/ french things (read: I have a baguette tatood on my...well...you'll just have to imagine where...and I wear a beret 24/7, and am snotty, and surrender at the drop of a dime. Wait, you dropped a nickel. Do you want me to pick that up for you? Oh you dropped another one. What are you doing?...Stop droppping your change! Why are you doing that? There are dimes everywhere!! I give up! I give up! anyway...), and I love anything that's fried...so french + fries = duh
2) Gravy. *Shudder* Gravy is sinfully delicious isn't it? I could practically bathe in the stuff. Imagine fries with gravy on top of them. If you can imagine that, you're imaginging 2/3 of what Poutine is.
3) Cheese curds. I know the word curd sounds gross. It sounds kind of like 'tur'd and I don't know about you, but I don't eat poop...often. (Look it happens, ok? And don't act like you're above it!) But cheese curds are actually pretty tasty. Actually, anything with the word 'cheese' in it is pretty...mmm....good. It's really hard to type while you're drooling. Ever notice that? It gets all over the keyboard.
Fries w/ gravy on top of them w/ cheese curds mixed in = why am I eating this?/I feel like I want to die/my stomach might explode!/I've never been this happy in my whole life.
Looking for some Poutine??? Why don't you try this place? And then bring me with you and pay for me!! <3<3<3<3
http://www.tpoutine.com/
They have a candy basket by the register too...so not only can you have Poutine, you can also get free dessert!
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